2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Hollywood, FL
Event #8
$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 38
Prizepool: $9,690
March 22, 2017

Robyn Marshman won the $300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em in the early hours of Thursday morning. She bested a field of 38 entries to win $3,972, but she feels like she had a little help from above.

During a recent tournament cash, Marshman found out that one of her good friends had passed away. She donated all of the funds she earned in the cash to pay for her fallen friend’s funeral. Since then, Marshman has noticed some oddities that makes her think he might be helping out with some run good from the afterlife.

“There’s some crazy stuff,” said Marshman. “His favorite number was 13 and except for the final table, every seat I’ve had in this whole series has either been one or three. When I was moved here, it was the first time I was in a different sea. I don’t know what that means. I guess he fell asleep on me. I don’t know.”

After adding a win to her tournament resume, Marshman dedicated the victory to him.

“I’m still like with him right now,” said Marshman. “This is for him. I feel like he is with me right now.”

Even though she didn’t get seat one or three for the final table, Marshman used a little bit of luck to overcome a serious chip deficit at the final table. She came into the final table as the short stack and was able to survive long enough to get into the top five spots and make the money.

Even once in the money she was still short and was all in for six big blinds four-handed. She doubled through Jacquelyn Scott with ace-six against king-queen and just continued to amass chips until she had all of them in play.

“It’s amazing,” said Marshman of her win. I was really short. I had like five big blinds and then the next thing I know, I kept knocking out people and built this big stack. We just had like an hour-long heads-up match. It was really tough.”

Marshman defeated Esther Foley heads-up. Over the hour long heads-up match, the chips swung a couple different ways over several small pots without showdown. Foley eventually flopped top pair against Marshman’s bottom set and that was all she wrote.

“I was very patient and took my time and just played the table as well as my cards,” said Marshman. “I got the cards at the right moment.”

Along with the prize money, Marshman took home her first Hard Rock trophy and gets a seat into a freeroll with a $10,000 WPT Finale seat and $3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown seat at stake for the top two spots.

“I’m so excited about that,” said Marshman about her chances at satelliting into a big buy-in WPT event. “And I got a trophy. Yay.”

Marshman plays more than just ladies events and this won’t be the last time she’s spotted in the Hard Rock tournament area. She’s already got a cash under her belt in the first event of the series and plans on playing the $570 no limit hold’em this weekend.

When asked if she plays a lot of poker, her answer was pretty simple.

“Maybe I do,” said Marshman. “Actually, Yes. Yes, I do.”

Results:

1st: Robyn Marshman – $3,972
2nd: Esther Foley – $2,423
3rd: Jacquelyn Scott – $1,454
4th: Ayca Frakbas – $1,066
5th: Lisa Levy – $775

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 38

On a flop of , Esther Foley got all in for about 150,000 on the button against Robyn Marshman in the big blind. Marshman showed and had Foley’s drawing to runners.

The was no sweat with the turn card and the river. Marshman won the pot with bottom set and Foley hit the rail in second place. Marshman won the freeroll seat, the trophy and $3,972, while Foley earned $2,423 for her runner-up finish.

A complete recap will be posted shortly.

Robyn Marshman – $300 Ladies No Limit Champion
Esther Foley – Eliminated

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 38

Jacquelyn Scott called all in for 5,000 on the button, Robyn Marshman called in the small blind, and Esther Foley checked her option in the big blind.

The board ran out , with the two live players checking it all the way down. Scott could only show in the end, and Taylor’s earned her the knockout pot with queens up. Scott was eliminated in third place.

Marshman and Taylor are now heads-up for the Ladies’ Event trophy. The former entered the final table with the shortest stack of the 10, but she begins the final duel with the chip lead.

Robyn Marshman – 230,000 (38 bb)
Esther Foley – 150,000 (25 bb)
Jacquelyn Scott – Eliminated in 3rd place ($1,454)

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 38

Esther Foley raised on the button and Jacquelyn Scott moved all in from the small blind for 118,000. Robyn Marshman called from the big blind and was all in for 113,000.

Foley folded and left Scott heads-up with Marshman. Scott showed and needed to hit a two-outer against Marshman’s .

The board ran out clear for Marshman as it came and Marshman doubled through Scott for the second time this level, leaving Scott with about a big blind.

Robyn Marshamn – 236,000 (56 bb)
Jacquelyn Scott – 5,000 (1 bb)

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 38

Robyn Marshman moved all in for 55,000 on the button, and Jacquelyn Scott called in the big bind, committing about a third of her stack to put Marshman at risk.

Marshman:
Scott:

The board ran out , and Marshman won the pot with aces up to double-up. The three remaining ladies are now drawing closer to even in chips.

Esther Foley – 151,500 (38 bb)
Jacquelyn Scott – 115,000 (29 bb)
Robyn Marshman – 113,500 (28 bb)

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 38

Robyn Marshman moved all in for 54,000 under the gun, and Ayca Frakbas called all in for just less than 30,000 in the big blind, putting herself at risk.

Marshman:
Frakbas:

The flop was bad news for the at-risk Frakbas, though the turn kept her hopes alive with one card to come. She needed to find a ten, queen, or ace to stay alive, but the river was the blank . Marshman won the pot with kings up, eliminating Frakbas in fourth place.

Robyn Marshman – 86,000 (22 bb)
Ayca Frakbas – Eliminated in 4th place ($1,066)

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 38

Robyn Marshman moved all in from under the gun for 25,000 and Jacquelyn Scott called from the small blind.

Scott showed and needed some help against Marshman’s .

The board ran out and Marshman faded a bunch of outs on the river to double up with a pair of sixes.

Robyn Marshman – 56,000 (14 bb)
Jacquelyn Scott – 163,000 (41 bb)

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 38

Robyn Marshman moved her short stack all in from middle position, and Lisa Levy called all in for 5,000 in the small blind, putting herself at risk.

Marshman:
Levy:

The board ran out , and Levy could not catch up. Marshman won the pot with an ace-high flush, eliminating Levy in fifth place.

Robyn Marshman – 31,000 (8 bb)
Lisa Levy – Eliminated in 5th place ($775)

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 38

With the eliminations of Regina Cassab (7th place) and Debra Dorcy (6th) in back-to-back hands, the five remaining players are now in the money, with each of them guaranteed to earn at least $775.

Here’s the lineup:

Seat 1: Jacquelyn Scott – 155,000
Seat 2: Lisa Levy – 8,000
Seat 3: Ayca Frakbas – 70,000
Seat 4: Robyn Marshman – 18,000
Seat 5: Esther Foley – 105,000

Here’s what they’re playing for:

1st: $3,972
2nd: $2,423
3rd: $1,454
4th: $1,066
5th: $775

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 800/1,600 with a 200 Ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 38

Just 10 ladies remain from the 38 that started, and they’re now gathered around the final table. Here’s the lineup:

Seat 1: Vivian Saliba – 34,700
Seat 2: Jacquelyn Scott – 85,000
Seat 3: Mary Haught – 34,200
Seat 4: Lisa Levy – 54,500
Seat 5: Debra Dorcy – 39,200
Seat 6: Regina Cassab – 22,500
Seat 7: Ayca Frakbas – 49,300
Seat 8: Robyn Marshman – 16,000
Seat 9: Esther Foley – 18,900
Seat 10: Elizabeth Smith – 27,300

Only five of the final 10 will earn shares of the $9,690 prize pool, with a trophy and $3,972 awaiting the winner.